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Rising From The Ashes: My 20+ Years With Mental Illness

generalized anxiety disorder

When All You Can Do Is Blame Yourself For Your Daughter’s Diagnosis

March 12, 2018 by spaige08 1 Comment

I tried to hold my tears back as I stared into my daughter’s oceanic blue eyes.  I could feel them welling up, feel the moisture increasing. Not here, not now, not in public, Stephanie. But, to be cliché, the dam was about to break.  A tear or two escaped.  My daughter was concerned and relayed … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, depression, medication, mental health, Mother, parenting, stigma, Uncategorized, writing, Youth Mental Health Tagged: anxiety, coping, daughter, depression, emotional, generalized anxiety disorder, medications, mental health, mental illness, mom, mommy, mother, parenting, raising a child, raising a daughter, stigma, writer

When You Fear Yourself

January 16, 2018 by spaige08 2 Comments

There were brief moments, tiny myopic moments, seconds that I could see my reality. In these moments of lucidity, I became scared.  I was frightened at what I was becoming and how fast my body and brain were transforming.  Fortunately (or unfortunately) these moments of clarity were scarce because my body was failing me so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advocacy, anxiety, depression, foster mom, hospitalization, medication, mental health, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: advocacy, anxiety, depression, emotional, foster mom, generalized anxiety disorder, hospital, medications, mental health, mental illness, writer

Teaching My Daughter To Rise Above The Stigma Of Mental Illness

January 11, 2018 by spaige08 Leave a Comment

My daughter has seen me. She has seen me throughout her eleven years of life.  She has seen me lose touch with reality several times, seen me cry uncontrollably many times, seen me at a handful of Psychiatric and Therapy appointments.  She has even seen me become hospitalized.  Throughout all of this, she has stood … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advocacy, anxiety, mental health, parenting, stigma, Uncategorized, writing, Youth Mental Health Tagged: advocacy, anxiety, daughter, generalized anxiety disorder, mental health, mental illness, mom, mommy, mother, overwhelmed, parenting, preteen, raising a child, raising a daughter, raising children, stigma, writer

Why I Do Not Shop Black Friday

November 27, 2017 by spaige08 Leave a Comment

Every Thanksgiving I awaken with a huge grin on my face because I know that somewhere outside in my driveway is the large roll of Black Friday ads. I love looking at them. I dive in each year looking at items I would love to receive for the holidays noting a few to put on … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, mental health, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, mental health, mental illness, overwhelmed, writer

When You Learn How Important Self-Advocacy Is

October 24, 2017 by spaige08 1 Comment

In the last twenty years, off and on, with my frenemies, Anxiety & Depression, I have learned quite a bit about living a life with Mental Illness. My first twelve years were in secret, keeping my mouth shut on anything relating to the words melancholy, empty, sad. I was told to hide, told that the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advocacy, anxiety, depression, hospitalization, medication, mental health, postpartum, self care, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: advocacy, anxiety, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, helping others, hospital, medications, mental health, mental illness, postpartum, postpartum depression, self care, writer

When You’re More Nervous Than Your Child On The 1st Day Of School

August 30, 2017 by spaige08 2 Comments

Crowds of kids gathered with their parents at the bus stop snapping photos of their elated children.  Some even took video.  I stood with my daughter giving a hug and kiss on her cheek.  I did this as support, support she didn’t ask for. Why? Because today was the 1st Day of School, the first … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, Mother, parenting, Uncategorized, writing Tagged: anxiety, back to school, daughter, generalized anxiety disorder, mom, mommy, mother, overwhelmed, parenting, raising a child, raising a daughter, raising children, writer

What Happens When A Dream Turns Into A Triggering Nightmare

June 30, 2017 by spaige08 1 Comment

Suddenly, I was back there.  That place, both a saving grace and a hell.  I was walking down the hall.  Bare concrete block walls.  Gray, solemn, just like the people that dwelled inside.  Doorways on both sides leading to rooms with aging office waiting room furniture that was once comfortable but now forlorn like their … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, depression, hospitalization, medication, mental health, self care, stigma, writing Tagged: anxiety, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, hospital, medications, mental health, mental illness, postpartum

When False Information On A Meme Makes You Angry…

June 23, 2017 by spaige08 Leave a Comment

But we live in a society that believes Mental Illness is not on the same level as a Physical Illness. 

Posted in: Advocacy, anxiety, depression, hospitalization, medication, mental health, stigma, Uncategorized Tagged: advocacy, anxiety, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, helping others, hospital, medications, mental health, mental illness, stigma

Struggling To Help My Daughter…

April 18, 2017 by spaige08 3 Comments

My daughter is a bright, caring, empathetic, preteen girl.  Most days she has a smile on her face that melts her mom’s heart.  She is typical preteen, mostly caring about binge-watching shows on Netflix or catching up on her friend’s latest YouTube videos featuring her fave, Beanie Boos.  She does well in school, is friendly … [Read more…]

Posted in: anxiety, depression, mental health, Mother, parenting, Youth Mental Health Tagged: anxiety, coping, daughter, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, mental health, mom, mommy, mother, raising a child, raising a daughter

I’ve Always Wanted To Be An Architect… And Other Shit 

January 11, 2017 by spaige08 1 Comment

I remember my first Lego set.  I was six and my family had just gotten back to my Aunt & Uncle’s house from the mall.  I am not sure why I wanted this set so badly, but I begged, I pleaded, and now it was lying on the floor of the bedroom I was sitting in. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Advocacy, anxiety, depression, postpartum, Uncategorized Tagged: advocacy, anxiety, depression, generalized anxiety disorder, growing older, helping others, mental illness, postpartum depression, stigma
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